Hospital Rules Revision Stakeholder Meeting – April 1, 2021

 

To: All Stakeholders   From: HFEMSD   In keeping with the statutory requirement to routinely review and update our regulations, the Department is continuing the stakeholder process for the regulatory review of 6 CCR 1011-1, Chapter 4 – General Hospitals, Chapter 10 – Rehabilitation Hospitals, Chapter 18 – Psychiatric Hospitals, and Chapter 19 – Hospital Units. These chapters cover a wide range of topics that impact hospitals, both general and specialty.   This month's meeting topics include a final review of Patient Rights, General Patient Care Services, and Rehabilitation Services and a discussion of Psychiatric Services, as well as the language in Chapter 10, Chapter 18, and Chapter 19. The Stakeholder group will discuss the proposed language changes to Patient Rights from the ACLU of Colorado. If there are members of your staff with expertise relevant to these topics please pass this meeting information along and encourage them to attend.   We highly encourage written comments on this draft, especially if you are unable to participate in the monthly meeting. Please send any written comments or questions to Anne Strawbridge at anne.strawbridge@state.co.us or Monica Billig at monica.billig@state.co.us.   Note: You may receive this notice more than once as it will be going out via email, calendar, and portal message. We apologize for any inconvenience.   Meetings are open to the public. This meeting will be held remotely via Zoom only.   When: Thursday, April 1, 2021 from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Remote access through Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/990049166) Audio line: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 990 049 166   The stakeholder meeting schedule, agendas, documents and detailed information regarding the rule revision process can be accessed at this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yTm15HQ_6pOdnL_jn9Lj1mpUUB6r-5qV?usp=sharing. We recommend that you return to this site on the day of the meeting to check for additional or revised meeting materials.   Meeting documents, schedules and archived agendas are available on the department website:  https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/chapter-4-hospital-rule-revision-meeting. To sign up to receive email communications regarding the hospital rules review go to: https://goo.gl/forms/eWns4V9OU0pXkSsp2.   If you have any questions prior to then, feel free to contact Anne Strawbridge at anne.strawbridge@state.co.us or Monica Billig at monica.billig@state.co.us.   If you have never used Zoom before: Prior to the meeting, you will need to install Zoom. Please allow time to do so beforehand. If you plan to join by phone please be aware that some functions are unavailable. It is usually best to use a computer. Below are instructions for joining a Zoom meeting: How-to join a Zoom meeting by computer How-to join a Zoom meeting by phone